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Friday, October 09, 2009

I'm excited to join in the second Blogger's Quilt Festival, hosted by Amy at Park City Girl. Head on over to her blog and check out all the quilts!I'm pretty sure my turtle quilt is the second quilt I ever made (including my "ugly" polyester quilt my Grandma Taylor helped me make when I was in 8th grade.) My husband's mom and dad gave me a very generous gift of money when I graduated with my MS degree and I used that money to buy my first rotary cutter and mat, and the fabrics for this quilt. It was made in Provo, Utah, in 1997, and measures 19"x26".

A couple of things I learned while making this quilt: first, needle-turned hand applique is time consuming! And best done in small doses, in my opinion. Second, value, or the lightness/darkness of your fabrics, is just as important as color. A few of my blocks in this quilt have virtually no contrast (and the appliques/ninepatches are difficult to see) because I used fabrics that were too close together in value. Overall, I do really love this quilt, and some of the fabrics in it are still some of my favorites!

Wow, Vicki,You learned lots of valuable lessons from your first quilt. You learned things that you liked in small doses and about color value.I know that i keep learning from each quilt i make too. Your quilt is very pretty and you did a wonderful job of the needleturn applique.Thanks for showing you lovely quilt.Regards,Anna

I remember my first and only turtle quilt. My friend had a baby and I made her one for her son. The daddy soon started calling the baby turtle-head. hmmm...Maybe I should have chose a different pattern. lol

I love turtles! This is so cute! I am still learning so much about quilting and choosing colors. It's a little scarier, but exciting at the same time to look at colors now and find just the right combos.